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G. W. SHOEIVIAKEH.

WASHBOARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I3, i918.

Patented July 29, 1919.

@noauto/c lGrIEtORG'I'!! W. SHOEMAKER, 0F DALTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASI-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29; 1919.

Application filed September 13, 1918. Y Serial No. 253,923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. SHOE- MAKER, a citizen of the United States, ing at Dalton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Washboard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wash boards, one of its objects being to provide a device of this character having a soap receptacle so positioned that the fabric, while being rubbed, can be moved over the soap.

A further object is to provide a rubbing board which can be adjusted relative to the soap holder, thus to cause the held soap to project the desired distance beyond the rubbin@ surface.

ith the above and other obj ects in view, the invention consists in certain novel de tails of construction and the combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the attended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the wash board.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough, said section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. i.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the gures by characters of reference 1 designates side strips which are connected at one end by a top strip 2 and at an intermediate point by a cross strip 3. longitudinal recess 4 is formed in the inner side of each of the strips 1 and extends from the cross strip 3 to a point adjacent the top stri extnding throughout the length thereof while the rear of the recess is open, except at the bottom thereof where the recess is provided with an extension projecting into the cross strip 3.

A rubbin board 7 is mounted on the cross strip 3 and as its side edges pro'ecting into the recesses 4, this rubbing boar being provided with a front corrugated surface e of resid-` 2, this recess providing a front wall 5v metal or the like. One or morereinforcing strips 9 may be secured to the back face of the rubbing board. a Securedto rear edges of the side strips 1 is a back board 10 which may be provided with a reinforcing strip 11 and extending through this strip and the back board are adjusting screws 12, the front end-s of which bear against the upper end portions of the rubbing board. By means of these screws the rubbing board can be brought forwardly into engagement with the front walls 5 of the recesses 4. A strip 13 is secured between the upper end portions of the side stri s 1 and is inclined downwardly and bac {wardly by the top strip 2, thus to form a pocket 14 above the rubbing board.

An opening 15 is formed in the rubbing board near the upper portion of the center thereof and directly above the reinforcing strip 9; and secured to the back board 10 directly back of the opening 15 is a corrugated plate 16.

In using this device a cake of soap is placed in the opening 15 so as to be supported by the strip 9 and abut against the plate 16. The rubbing board is then adjusted forwardly against the wall 5 of the recesses 4 by rotating the screws 12. This will bring the surface of the rubbing board substantially flush with the front surface of the cake of soap. Thus the soap will be engaged by the fabric rubbed over the board and, as the soap wears away, the screws 12 can be gradually unscrewed, thus to allow the board 8 to move back from the walls 5 and expose another portion of the held cake of soap. During .the adjustment of the board it will of course swing about the lower end thereof which is anchored in the extension 6 of each recess 4.

What is claimed is z- 1. A wash board including side strips having recesses therein, a stationary soap holder supported between the side strips, a rubbing board supported between and extending into the recesses within the side strips and having an opening into which the held soap will project, and adjustable means for holdlng the rubbing board against backward movement within the recesses.

2. A wash board including recessed side strips, connections therebetween, each of the recesses having an extension at its lower end, a back board connecting the side strips,

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